Good ones, I like #1 particularly

So sorry you had to go to ER, hope they got it all fixed and soon you will not have to have it any more - gentle (((hug)))

Anneliese, your 'odds and ends' quotes are great. I agree with Lilo, I hope that it won't be long, before you won't need a drain, at all.

#3 speaks to me, loudly and clearly.

Lilo, perhaps the responsibility that goes with learning the truth is why some folks refuse to 'face the facts', as it were.

anneliese, take care.

I'm of two minds of the Albert Einstein's quote.
He is correct in his quote, but sometimes it's fun to be part of a crowd. Start at the Start Line and finish at the finish line together.
Then celebrate the togetherness.